Mobile device output test setting

• US 9,065,569 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Inventors: Phillips, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Arevalo, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/281,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20130109446A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,336 Days
• Field of Search: 455/571, 455/412.1, 455/552, 455/410, 455/404.2, 455/518, 455/426.1, 455/509, 455/566, 455/127.1, 455/575.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/29 Performance testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic

Abstract

A method and a wireless communication device including a housing, at least one user interface element to receive a user input, a transmitter to transmit a wireless communication signal; and a processor in the housing. The processor being enabled to detect a first signal; switch, in response to detecting the first signal, the transmitter from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode, at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode being selectively set by a user via the user interface element; receive a second signal, the second signal including an indication of a value selected by the user; and set, in response to receiving the second signal, the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode to the value selected by the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a first signal by a controller, the first signal being generated in response to a user input;

switching, in response to detecting the first signal, a wireless transmitter circuitry from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode, the second transmission mode having at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency selectively set by a user;

receiving a second signal by the controller, the second signal being generated in response to a user input and includes an indication of a specific value selectively provided by the user for setting the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode; and

setting, in response to receiving the second signal, the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode to the specific value selectively provided by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a predetermined sequence of user supplied inputs.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the switching further comprises disabling at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the first transmission mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific value selectively provided by the user for setting the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode is provided in one of the following manners:

selected from a plurality of predetermined values, set to a predetermined fixed value, set to a maximum value, and variably set by the user between a first value and a second value.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising switching, in response to detecting a third signal, the wireless transmitter circuitry from the second transmission mode to the first transmission mode, wherein a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the first transmission mode is not selectively set by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a wireless signal having the specific value selectively provided by the user for the at least one transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode.

7. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a housing;

an antenna mounted in or on the housing;

at least one user interface element mounted on the housing to receive a user input;

a transmitter mounted in the housing and coupled to the antenna to transmit a wireless communication signal; and

a processor in the housing, the processor enabled to;

detect a first signal, the first signal being generated in response to a user input;

switch, in response to detecting the first signal, the transmitter from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode, the second transmission mode having at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency selectively set by a user via the user interface element;

receive a second signal, the second signal being generated in response to a user input and includes an indication of a specific value selectively provided by the user for setting the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode; and

set, in response to receiving the second signal, the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode to the specific value selectively provided by the user.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the user input action comprises a predetermined sequence of user supplied inputs.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the switching further comprises disabling at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the first transmission mode.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the specific value selectively provided by the user for setting the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode is provided in one of the following manners:

selected from a plurality of predetermined values, set to a predetermined fixed value, set to a maximum value, and variably set by the user between a first value and a second value.

11. The device of claim 7, further comprising enabling the processor to switch, in response to detecting a third signal, the transmitter from the second transmission mode to the first transmission mode, wherein a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the first transmission mode is not selectively set by the user.

12. The device of claim 7, further comprising enabling the processor to transmit a wireless signal having the specific value selectively provided by the user for the at least one transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode.

13. A non-transitory medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the medium comprising:

instructions to detect a first signal, the first signal being generated in response to a user input;

instructions to switch, in response to detecting the first signal, a transmitter from a first transmission mode to a second transmission mode, the second transmission mode having at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency to be selectively set by a user;

instructions to receive a second signal, the second signal being generated in response to a user input and includes an indication of a specific value selectively provided by the user for setting the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode; and

instructions to set, in response to receiving the second signal, the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode to the specific value selectively provided by the user.

14. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, wherein the user input comprises a predetermined sequence of user supplied inputs.

15. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, comprises instructions for disabling at least one of a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the first transmission mode.

16. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, wherein the specific value selectively provided by the user for setting the at least one of transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode is provided in one of the following manners:

selected from a plurality of predetermined values, set to a predetermined fixed value, set to a maximum value, and variably set by the user between a first value and a second value.

17. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions for switching, in response to detecting a third signal, the transmitter from the second transmission mode to the first transmission mode, wherein a transmit power and a transmit frequency associated with the first transmission mode is not selectively set by the user.

18. The non-transitory medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions for transmitting a wireless signal having the specific value selectively provided by the user for the at least one transmit power and transmit frequency associated with the second transmission mode.